Canopy-frame bracket



0. B. PIKE. CANOPY FRAME BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-8, I921.

Patented. May 16, 1922 barre elhhffi Pl Flfl iiii.

omnrou B. PIKE, or BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'IO JAMES THOMPSON a 00., orivnw YORK, 1a. Y., A ooe N COMPOSED or JULIUS BUCI-IMAN AND EDWIN BUCI-IMAN.

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Application filed August 8, 1921.

T 0 all to ham it may 0011 061% Be it known that I, CLINTON B. PIKE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Birmingham, in the count-y of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Canopy-Frame Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved bracket for the attachment of canopy frames to beds and the like, and its object is to ob tain a more effective'clamping engagement with various shapes and sizes of bed frames than is possible with the present canopy supports.

More particularly it is the purpose of this invention to utilize a flexible band adapted to have its-ends drawn together by a clamp bolt as the means for clamping both the canopy support loop to a. bent metal bracket plate and the bracket plate tothe various sizes andshapes of bed posts and like supports thus obtaining a positive mounting for the canopy frame itself as well as for its supporting bracket.

A further feature of my invention is the adaptation of the bracket plate to be reversed and screwed to a post or support with the canopy frame loops interposed between it and the support and thus clamped rigidly in place by the same means which mounts the bracket on its support.

My invention moreover comprises the novel details of construction and arrangements of parts, which in their preferred embodiment only are illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and in which F 1 is a perspective view of a bed frame broken away and showing my improved.

bracket applied with a clamp band to one of the side posts.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross sectional view taken through the center of the bracket.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the flexible clamping strip.

Fig. 4 is a detail front elevation of the metal bracket plate.

Fig. 5 shows the bracket plate reversed and connected by center screws to a support.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

As illustrated, I show my invention at tached to a side post 1 of a metal bed frame Specification of Letters Patent.

longitudinal parallel grooves Patented May 16, 1922.

Serial No. 490,476.

"the coils 4 from which lead the mounting loops 5 which are intended to be introduced in the bracket supports for the canopy frame. lily improved bracket support comprises a strip of sheet metal 6 provided with 7 so as to receivethe legs of a canopy frame loop 5. The side edges of the bracket are curved convexly and provided with longitudinal.

parallel slots 8 formed by stamping tongues 9 outwardly from the outer face of the bracket. The tongue on each side is inclined towards the bracket center and the slots 8 are wide enough for the passage therethrough of a flexible band 10 which is inserted through both slots 8 and is adapted to passoutside of thelegs of a loop 5 so as to draw them tightly into the grooves 7 which form seats therefor in the bracket. Moreover the tongues 9 engage the band on each side of the loop 5 and effectively brace it to restrain any lateral play of the loop relatively to the bracket. hen the band has been passed about the bed post or like support 1, it has its free ends drawn tightly together with a screw bolt 11, having thereon a wing nut 12.

If desired a strip of leather or fabric 13 may be glued or otherwise attached to the inner face of the bracket plate 6 with its ends free to be passed about and to protect the bed post or the like support from being scarred. The metallic strip 10 is provided with a series of bolt holes 14 at each end for the reception of the bolt 11.

In operation, the metal band IQ is woven through the-slots 8, and the canopv frame loop 5 is slipped into position with its legs resting in the grooves 7. The bracket 6 is then applied to a bed post, the bolt 11 is inserted through the proper bolt holes 14, and a wing nut 12 is screwed tight, in doing which the band is applied to clamp rigidly the bracket to the post and, what is of greatest importance, the bracket loop '5 is itself clamped by the band to the post so that both parts are held rigidly in set position and the canopy frame cannot rattle or move, nor scar the bed post Or other support.

In Fig. 5, 1 illustrate a further method of using my improved type of bracket plate 6 which is of special advantage when it is desired to apply the same to wooden bed posts or like supports 15. Here I provide the mounting screws 16 which are passed through holes 17 therefor in the center of the plate which is reversed so that its tongues 9 are inclined rearwardly toward the support 15 and the heads of the screws engage against the concave central portion of the pl ate. The legs of the n'iounting loop 5 are still engaged in the same grooves 7 but these grooves are now faced toward the support 15 and serve to hold the loop firmly against the same. The shape of the bracket and the position of the screws 16 enables the bracket to be drawn inwardly until it clamps the loops so tightly that the latter cannot yield or rattle, nor can it be disengaged without the removal of th screws 16.

My present bracket support can be shipped flat and is quite inexpensive as it requires no assembling.

My invention may be variously modified as to its details of structure within the scope of the appended claims.

What 1 claim, is

1. A canopy frame support, comprising a rigid metal plate grooved to receive a canopy frame loop and having lateral slots, and a flexible strip woven througl'i. the slots and adapted to pass over the loop and about a support element to clamp both the canopy frame loop and the plate to the support element, substantially as described.

2. A canopy frame support, comprising a metallic plate having side slots and outturned inwardly inclined ears and longitudinal grooves having a raised portion between them parallel with said ears, and a flexible band adapted to be woven through said slots and having means to clamp its ends together about a support, substantially as described.

In a canopy frame bracket, comprising a mounting plate having spaced seats to receive a canopy frame loop and a fastening means consisting of a flexible band adapted to embrace both the plate and loop as a support therefor, and means to tighten said band to clamp the loop to the plate and the plate to the support.

4-. canopy frame bracket, comprising a metal mounting plate shaped to form alternate concave and convex surfaces, there be ing side slots and center screw holes adapted to receive attaching means.

5. A bracket for canopy frames, comprising a metal plate of wave like cross sectional contour having longitudinrl slots at each side formed by punching up inwardly inclined tongues, the space-d depressions in the plate being adapted to receive in them the legs of a canopy frame loop, and means to clamp the plate and loop to a support.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CLINTON B. PIKE.

' Witness Norrie VVnLsH. 

